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Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1313-08 (born between this date and 14 Feb. 1313/14)
Death Date: 1369-11-13

Notes

Marriage and wardship granted to Roger Mortimer (1287--1330), 1st Earl of March, July 1318; wardship lost between 1322--6 and regained 1326/7. Much of career spent on various military campaigns in England and France

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1325-2-22
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Papal dispensation for marriage received 19 April 1319, but marriage was delayed until a second dispensation was received 22 Feb. 1324/5

Offspring

  1. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
  2. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
  3. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
  4. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
  5. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
  6. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
    Female offspring: Beauchamp, Alice de ( - )
  7. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
  8. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
    Female offspring: Beauchamp, Joan de ( - )
  9. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
  10. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
    Female offspring: Beauchamp, Isabel de ( - )
  11. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
  12. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
    Female offspring: Beauchamp, Agnes de ( - )
  13. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
    Female offspring: Beauchamp, Juliane de ( - )
  14. From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)

Primary Title

  • 11th Earl of Warwick

Titles

  • 11th Earl of Warwick
    Assumed: 1315-08-12
    Vacated: 1369-11-13
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1348
    Vacated: 1369-11-13

General Lands Note

Custody of lands during minority granted to Hugh Despenser the elder 21 June 1317; granted to Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March 1326/7; livery of lands 20 Feb. 1328/9

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Chamberlain of the Exchequer, England 1315 -8 -12 1369 -11 -13 Hereditary office
Constable, Worcestershire 1315 -8 -12 1369 -11 -13 Hereditary office
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1330 -12 -10 1369 -11 -13 Hereditary office
JP, Warwickshire 1332
JP, Worcestershire 1332
Warden, Marches towards Scotland 1337
JP, Oxfordshire 1338
JP, Warwickshire 1338
JP, Worcestershire 1338
Keeper, Southampton 1339 -7 -10
Justice, Buckinghamshire 1342 -4 -20
Justice, Northamptonshire 1342 -4 -20
Justice, Oxfordshire 1342 -4 -20
Marshal of England, England 1343/4 -2 -10 1369 -11 -13
Sheriff, Leicestershire 1344 -6 -26 1369 -11 -13 For life
Sheriff, Warwickshire 1344 -6 -26 1369 -11 -13 For life
JP, Warwickshire 1345
JP, Worcestershire 1351 1354
JP, Warwickshire 1351 1353
Admiral of the Fleet, England 1353 -10 -15
JP, Warwickshire 1367 1368
JP, Worcestershire 1367 1369

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire: Kirtling Manor
    Acquired: 1337
  • Cheshire
  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Essex
  • Glamorgan: Gower Lordship & Swansea Castle
    Acquired: 1353
  • Gloucestershire: Lydney
  • Hampshire
  • Herefordshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Middlesex
  • Monmouthshire: Abergavenny Castle & Honour
  • Norfolk
  • Northamptonshire
  • Northumberland
  • Oxfordshire
  • Rutland
  • Somerset
  • Staffordshire: Walsall Manor
    Acquired: 1336
    Divested: 1355
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Sussex
  • Warwickshire: Warwick Castle
  • Wiltshire
  • Worcestershire
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Warwick's Entertainer/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Warwick's Entertainers
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Harper
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Warwick's Harper Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Musicians 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Entertainer/s Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Entertainers Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Elmley Castle Worcestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III [1327–77]. 16 vols. London: HMSO, 1891--1916
  • Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward III [1327--77]. 14 vols. London: HMSO, 1896--1913
  • Calendar of the Fine Rolls [1272--1509]. 22 vols. London: HMSO, 1911--1962
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Stafford. 17 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1968-